The best songs of the week include new tracks from Drug Church, Miss Grit, Gouge Away, and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso.

Two years ago, James Blake left his label and team and became fully DIY. Here he talks about that and his first totally indie album, 'Trying Times.' ...

But our overall winner for the week were black metal godfathers Venom, Lay Down Your Soul tapping into the primordial nastiness that helped spawn metal's most evil subgenre in the first place. This ...

Charley Crockett is back with another heater from his forthcoming record, Age of the Ram. By now, country music fans have ...

James Blake. Kim Gordon. Sturgill Simpson's country-funk alter ego. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Amelia Mason from ...

Kacey Musgraves returns May 1 with a 13‑track album shaped by her time in ‘liminal space,’ featuring Willie Nelson, Miranda ...

Country-pop star Kacey Musgraves is back and tipping her cowboy hat as she announces a new album. Her seventh album, Middle of Nowhere, is out May 1 via Lost Highway. Leading the record is the single ...

Jenn Carter says 41 pivoted right after “Notti Bop” because she wants to prove the crew can “make hits” without living in diss records.

A followup to the popular "Island Time" song on Ole Miss football quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has been released ...

After black midi’s split, all eyes went to frontman Geordie Greep and his eclectic impulses. I won’t knock Greep’s bag—his solo debut did splashy, head-spinning things—but I’ve always been more ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran says it temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. The move came as semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported live ...

Labi Siffre, the 80-year-old British folk musician, is back after spending decades out of the spotlight. He just announced his first new album in 28 years; the appropriately titled Unfinished Business ...